Engineering Animation up on Toyota pact 12-29-98

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Engineering Animation Inc. (EAII)
eaii
jumped 8.4 percent on its report that Toyota Motor Corp. has selected its product visualization software for use in its product development cycle. Toyota will use the software to collaborate in the engineering process. Engineering Animation makes visual process management software. Engineering Animation shares closed up 4 1/4 at 54 3/4.

Internet software maker Inktomi Corp. (INKT)
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dropped 6.5 percent Tuesday afternoon after Intel reportedly indicated it may be unloading its stake in the company. See full story. Intel filed a Form 144, used to declare intended sales, with the SEC to shed 127,500 Inktomi shares, according to Reuters. Inktomi shares closed down 10 3/8. Separately, after the market closed, Inktomi declared a two-for-one stock split payable to shareholders of record Jan.12, 1999.

Enterprise software battle

Several enterprise software makers slipped lower after Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund forecast near-term competitive pricing pressure. According to Sherlund, a less favorable macroeconomic environment and approaching year 2000 issues may indicate a slowdown in corporate spending for software in 1999. Sherlund expects Germany's SAP AG (SAP)
SAP, +0.04%
to use its dominant market position to adopt a more aggressive pricing strategy that may increase pressure on its rivals Oracle (ORCL)
ORCL, +0.24%
, PeopleSoft (PSFT)
PSFT, +15.79%
and Baan Co. N.V. (BAANF)
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. SAP closed down 7/8 at 39 5/8, PeopleSoft, down 1/4 at 19 3/16 and Baan, off 3/16 at 10 1/8, while Oracle closed up 5/8 at 44 1/2.

Healthcare management software maker InfoCure Corp. (INC)
INC, +1.14%
said it acquired Radiology Management Systems, Inc., a private manufacturer of management systems for radiologists. InfoCure did not disclose the amount of the transaction, but said it will be accounted for as a pooling of interests. InfoCure expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings. InfoCure shares ended up 1 1/4 at 28. See press release.

EnPointe Technologies Inc. (ENPT)
ENPT, +5.75%
advanced 51 percent after an analyst at RAS Securities said he expects the company to announce business changes, including the sale of its Epic software platform, by the end of the year, Dow Jones reported. EnPointe shot up 2 5/8 to 7 3/4.

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